Musings.

I am one of life's procrastinators. If I'm given a job, I will leave it until the last minute so I end up rushing around like a mad thing, hair plastered to my forehead, eyes wide and hands shaking from an overdose of caffeine, frantically trying to get whatever job it is that needs to be done, done. This has a nasty tendency to carry over into my uni work - which is why, instead of starting my revision for the exams I have next week I spent tonight reading this incredible, hunger-inducing blog and thinking about... Well, this one, actually.

When I started the blog, I had every intention of documenting my adventures in the kitchen, but as is so often the case with me, after a while I sort of... gave up. Found better things to do. Reasoned that the food I cook is pretty repetitive and I can't afford to make really fancy, exotic meals (and at the moment I can't due to the useless kitchen - see post below...). But then I realised that being a "student foodie" doesn't just mean cooking really sumptuous, yet cheap, meals.

Because when it comes to it, what I really love is food and the experiences that come with it. Going for a really fantastic meal where you and your friends don't actually say anything because you're so busy enjoying eating it. Finding a place that nobody else knows about and sharing it with the select few. The incredible way that food can take us right back to our childhoods. Going to a restaurant where the food is just okay and the décor a bit naff but it doesn't matter because you're with your friends. Spending an hour talking to your friend about bread, and planning (only half-jokingly) to open a bakery.

The point is, I am a foodie, not because I can come up with exciting new recipes and revolutionise the way we think about cooking, but because I just love food. So this blog is having a bit of a change in attitude. Same title, same student with aspirations above her means (at least for the moment) - but this time, it's about my relationship with food.

And on that note - I'm going to get stuck into my pasta alla genovese, which, incidentally, was the first meal I blogged about. What can I say - it's a student staple ;)